My life outside of school had a major impact on my academic success. The first non-school academic influence that comes to mind is my community service. The hours I spent aiding my community not only allowed me to add something impressive to my resume, but also gave me something to do in my free time that I enjoyed. The majority of the hours I dedicated to community service were spent with my two youth recreational soccer teams, which I coached during the last two falls. The experience of coaching youth athletes (in my case, ages ten to twelve) was unique in that I was able to teach my teams how to play the beautiful game while incorporating essential life skills all the while. For example, I would allocate practice time to learning various techniques but at the same time I would concentrate on the importance of teamwork and communication. In addition to teaching children, the number one rule in recreational soccer (to have fun) allowed me to make the whole experience a joyful one.
My family played a role in where I am today academically. Specifically, my father persuaded me to follow the career path of computer science. Being a software architect, he constantly reminded me the benefits of computer oriented jobs. On a daily basis he told me that there would always be jobs available, the salary would be satisfactory, and I could always refer to him if I needed help with my work. His influence ended up being a major factor in my decision to pursue a career in computer science, and for that I am grateful.
Conversely, my life outside of school also had a negative impact on my schoolwork. A poor sleeping schedule and bad procrastination habits lead to me having a much more difficult time in school than I needed to. Unfortunately, a common occurrence involved me doing my homework only a period before it was due. I was able to keep my grades up all throughout high school, but I made that task quite challenging. If I could go back and redo high school, I would do so with a better work ethic. As for my activities outside of school leading to my choice of major, there really wasn’t a major influence until my senior year of high school.
I hadn’t really been involved with computers, either inside or outside of school, for the majority of my high school career. I spent time on the computer but ignored any aspect that involved software. I took a few computer classes in my first few years of school; Java my freshman year, along with Web Development during my junior year. It wasn’t until my senior year that I joined the CyberPatriot cyber security defense team, but that was a club associated with the school. Overall, aside from the influence of my father there were no other influences in my life outside of school that led me to pursue a career in computer science.
Overall, my life outside of school had both positive and negative impacts on my academic success and future career choice. Although I was enlightened by community service experience, I was also held back academically due to my poor study habits. While my father had a major influence on my career choice, I accomplished very little on my own to contribute to learning more about my career choice. Either way, my life outside of school had a major impact on my academic success.
My family played a role in where I am today academically. Specifically, my father persuaded me to follow the career path of computer science. Being a software architect, he constantly reminded me the benefits of computer oriented jobs. On a daily basis he told me that there would always be jobs available, the salary would be satisfactory, and I could always refer to him if I needed help with my work. His influence ended up being a major factor in my decision to pursue a career in computer science, and for that I am grateful.
Conversely, my life outside of school also had a negative impact on my schoolwork. A poor sleeping schedule and bad procrastination habits lead to me having a much more difficult time in school than I needed to. Unfortunately, a common occurrence involved me doing my homework only a period before it was due. I was able to keep my grades up all throughout high school, but I made that task quite challenging. If I could go back and redo high school, I would do so with a better work ethic. As for my activities outside of school leading to my choice of major, there really wasn’t a major influence until my senior year of high school.
I hadn’t really been involved with computers, either inside or outside of school, for the majority of my high school career. I spent time on the computer but ignored any aspect that involved software. I took a few computer classes in my first few years of school; Java my freshman year, along with Web Development during my junior year. It wasn’t until my senior year that I joined the CyberPatriot cyber security defense team, but that was a club associated with the school. Overall, aside from the influence of my father there were no other influences in my life outside of school that led me to pursue a career in computer science.
Overall, my life outside of school had both positive and negative impacts on my academic success and future career choice. Although I was enlightened by community service experience, I was also held back academically due to my poor study habits. While my father had a major influence on my career choice, I accomplished very little on my own to contribute to learning more about my career choice. Either way, my life outside of school had a major impact on my academic success.